Recitals are informal afternoon concerts given in a variety of venues such as St. Edmund’s Church, Crickhowell; The Muse, Brecon and St. Catwg’s Church Llangattock followed by tea and cakes. Performers usually come from within the Friends and often involve other family members and friends of Friends.
Past Teas
Members of the Sinfonia will play Schubert’s magical string quintet and other works,
followed as always by tea and cake.
Audience places are limited by the size of the house (and by the weather – on a fine
autumn afternoon there might be the chance to spill into the courtyard)
To book for this concert email me at susiecello@me.com and
I will put your name on the list. My email reply will be your booking confirmation and
we will deal with the money at a later date.
Soprano: Aine Smith
Programme :
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras no 5
Plus pieces by
Boismortier and Piazzolla
The Welsh soprano, Áine Smith, began singing with the Nidus Children’s Choir, based in Cwmbran. With this group, she performed a number of times at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and in 2015, competed in the World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, winning a silver medal. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Merton College Oxford (2018-2021), graduating with a first-class degree. She then studied at the same institute for a postgraduate MSt in Musicology (October 2021-July 2022), where her research broadly concerns the musical body. She has held a choral scholarship with the Merton College Choir.
Áine Smith also sings with the Magdalen College Consort of Voices, and regularly performs with student-led ensembles, such as the Delius Singers and the Selene Consort. As a soloist, She began performing with New Chamber Opera as an undergraduate, singing Haydn’s La Vera Costanza in 2020. She has performed as a soloist on several occasions with violinist Rachel Podger in the Brecon Baroque Festival.
Áine Smith is a keen ambassador for access into higher education, and works through various platforms as a mentor for students from state-educated backgrounds aspiring to study Music at university. She is particularly eager to work in Tenebrae’s education programmes (since September 2022) to facilitate broader access into choral music and beyond.
The Programme is still in development and will include:
Organ: Bach: Piece D’Orgue BWV 572 and Prelude & Fugue in C Minor BWV 547
Solo Cello: Prelude from Bach Cello Suite no. 5 and likely some more modern works
String Quartet: pieces to be confirmed
Kathryn Benson Dugdale: Flute
Graham Dyer: Oboe
Robert Osborne: Clarinet
David J Davies: Horn
Chantal Davies: Bassoon
A Programme of Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Followed by Tea and Cake
Detailed programme to be confirmed
Kathryn Benson Dugdale: Flute
Graham Dyer: Oboe
Robert Osborne: Clarinet
David J Davies: Horn
Chantal Davies: Bassoon
We intend to host this musical afternoon in a more relaxed format and will take advance bookings by email to Webmaster@brecknocksinfonia.org.uk (giving number required and a contact number). Payment may be made by making a bank transfer to Brecknock Sinfonia Trust (sort code 30-90-02, account no 0107969); or by sending a cheque made out to the Brecknock Sinfonia Trust to our Treasurer, Vaughan Bennett, at 47 Oakfield Drive, Crickhowell NP8 1DR; or you may pay at the door – exact change would be very much welcomed.
We will not label seats, but we know that you will be careful about spacing and
moving around.
We shall offer a cup of tea and we hope that there will also be cake as well as
biscuits – we just need to confirm that with the church.